I woke up this morning with one circulating thought in mind. " I must embody the woman I wish myself to be." "I must embody the woman I wish myself to be." "I must embody the woman I wish myself to be." "I MUST EMBODY THE WOMAN I WISH MYSELF TO BE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
I don't know where it came from but it definitely holds meaning for me. I ended up writing this down on a post-it and taping it to my computer screen. A few hours later it was hanging from my bathroom mirror, then the refrigerator, and eventually my body-fat scale. I'm thinking about plastering this message all over my house! I may have inadvertently stumbled upon a daily affirmation.
This discovery comes not a moment too soon as I believe I'm about to embark on another phase of failure. Like you Tera, I am feeling like the teeny tiny penguin steps are about to disappear as I about face in the wrong direction. It has been three weeks since I had a weight loss, and history tells me the frustration of that will eventually lead to a weight gain.
So before that happens I need to get my head right, accept responsibility for the situation, and empower myself to fix this! I am capable of being whatever I want to be. I simply must ask myself, "who is it I want to be??" Then, like the affirmation suggests, I must embrace it!
Life is about choices, and for the life of me I can't figure out why I've made this choice. What a waste! When I think about how much of my life I've wasted being overweight it sickens me! All those years spent yo-yo dieting; depriving myself of every good experience life has to offer! Too embarrassed to put on a swimsuit, too out of shape to join the race, too large to fit the outfit, to embarrassed to have a photo taken, too ashamed to step on the scale at a doctor's appointment, too engorged to comfortably fit in an amusement park ride, too heavy to be carried over the threshold. Think of all the moments being overweight has robbed you of!
So starting today I am not only going to begin each morning reminding myself to embrace the woman I wish to be, but I am also prepared to ask myself a very important question. "Is this what I want to be doing?" Every time I reach my hand into the cookie jar, every time I sit in front of the TV, every time I chose a behavior that is counterproductive to my weight loss goals I will ask myself, "is this what I want to be doing?" The writers at O magazine say, "this very moment is, always, the only moment in which you can make changes. Ask yourself many times every day if you like what you're doing. If the answer is no, start making some changes."
Tera, I empathize with your situation and I too struggle with priorities versus my own needs. Life is a balancing act, but at the end of the day we owe ourselves more than just a cupcake. Find a way to value your own needs as much as you value your family's. If it means asking grandma to keep the kids an hour later while you go workout, or asking hubby to be in charge of certain chores on certain days, it is imperative that you find time enough for yourself to be healthy and set a lifestyle example for your boys.
"Usually when we are stuck it is because we are clinging to a situation that has outlived its usefulness or we are unwilling to explore a new risk that we sense we must take." -Julia Cameron
I don't know where it came from but it definitely holds meaning for me. I ended up writing this down on a post-it and taping it to my computer screen. A few hours later it was hanging from my bathroom mirror, then the refrigerator, and eventually my body-fat scale. I'm thinking about plastering this message all over my house! I may have inadvertently stumbled upon a daily affirmation.
This discovery comes not a moment too soon as I believe I'm about to embark on another phase of failure. Like you Tera, I am feeling like the teeny tiny penguin steps are about to disappear as I about face in the wrong direction. It has been three weeks since I had a weight loss, and history tells me the frustration of that will eventually lead to a weight gain.
So before that happens I need to get my head right, accept responsibility for the situation, and empower myself to fix this! I am capable of being whatever I want to be. I simply must ask myself, "who is it I want to be??" Then, like the affirmation suggests, I must embrace it!
Life is about choices, and for the life of me I can't figure out why I've made this choice. What a waste! When I think about how much of my life I've wasted being overweight it sickens me! All those years spent yo-yo dieting; depriving myself of every good experience life has to offer! Too embarrassed to put on a swimsuit, too out of shape to join the race, too large to fit the outfit, to embarrassed to have a photo taken, too ashamed to step on the scale at a doctor's appointment, too engorged to comfortably fit in an amusement park ride, too heavy to be carried over the threshold. Think of all the moments being overweight has robbed you of!
So starting today I am not only going to begin each morning reminding myself to embrace the woman I wish to be, but I am also prepared to ask myself a very important question. "Is this what I want to be doing?" Every time I reach my hand into the cookie jar, every time I sit in front of the TV, every time I chose a behavior that is counterproductive to my weight loss goals I will ask myself, "is this what I want to be doing?" The writers at O magazine say, "this very moment is, always, the only moment in which you can make changes. Ask yourself many times every day if you like what you're doing. If the answer is no, start making some changes."
Tera, I empathize with your situation and I too struggle with priorities versus my own needs. Life is a balancing act, but at the end of the day we owe ourselves more than just a cupcake. Find a way to value your own needs as much as you value your family's. If it means asking grandma to keep the kids an hour later while you go workout, or asking hubby to be in charge of certain chores on certain days, it is imperative that you find time enough for yourself to be healthy and set a lifestyle example for your boys.
"Usually when we are stuck it is because we are clinging to a situation that has outlived its usefulness or we are unwilling to explore a new risk that we sense we must take." -Julia Cameron
You need a new category under "reactions"...Inspirational! I LOVE the optimism in this post! WK
ReplyDeleteThere is a reaction category! That's what "inspiring" is for :-)
ReplyDeleteI only see the categories of funny, interesting, cool, relatable, sad...WK
ReplyDeleteInspiring is right after sad. I wonder why you can see it??!!
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